It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three, because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle. And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last.
In the Old Testament the entire priesthood revolved around sacrifice — life taken away from one, allowing for the life to remain in another. This wasn’t the whole point of God’s relationship to mankind, but